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the right position on the page, a short distance below the perforation. With
power off, you can align the forms by turning the platen knob. When power
is on, use the Paper Feed switch on the control panel.
Type style and pitch selection
If your software does not control the type style and pitch, you must
make these selections with printer commands or panel controls. The default
selections are draft style and pica pitch. To select a different style or pitch
from the control panel, proceed as follows:
1. Hold the NLQ Type Style or Print Pitch switch down when you turn
the printer’s power on. Hold both switches down if you intend to make
both settings. The printer will beep in acknowledgement as it powers
up*
2. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line.
3. To select a type style, press the NLQ Type Style switch one or more
times.
4. To select a print pitch, press the Print Pitch switch one or more times.
5. Press the On Line switch to set the printer back on-line.
Most programs begin each printing job by sending a command that resets
the printer. That is why you must press the NLQ Type Style and/or Print
Pitch switches as you power up. If you do not press these switches during
power-up, the reset command will reset your panel selections to draft style
and pica pitch.
If you want to change the type style or pitch in the middle of a printing
job, one way to do this is to insert a printing pause command in your file
at the point of the change. When the printer pauses, press the On Line switch
to go off-line. If the change occurs in the middle of a line, the printer will
print the first part of the line. Now make the change with the control panel
switches, set the printer back on-line, then command your software to resume
printing.
Another way is to embed printer commands in the file, as explained
next.
Embedding printer commands
Many word processors and other software lack commands for changing
type style, printing double-size characters, or printing in colour, and some
do not even support bold printing or italics. The printer therefore has
commands that can be embedded in documents to control these functions
without software help. The commands consist of a capital letter enclosed
in double parentheses, followed by a digit:
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